PSC Soccer Players earn LEC Weekly Honors

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Two Plymouth State College
soccer players have been honored by the Little East Conference for
their performances in leading the highly-ranked PSC soccer teams to
perfect weeks.

Senior goalkeeper Magnus Karlsson (Vasteras,
Sweden) was selected LEC Men's Soccer Player of the Week after
leading the Panther men to a pair of conference victories, and
sophomore sweeper Jackie Blanchard (Plymouth , MA)
was named to the LEC Women's Weekly Honor Roll after helping the
Panther women to three consecutive shutout wins.

Karlsson, a team captain and two-time all-conference pick, led
PSC last week to wins over Southern Maine and UMass Boston with 150
minutes of shutout play. He held USM scoreless for 60 minutes
before being relieved, then blanked UMB with eight saves for his
23rd career shutout. Karlsson leads the conference with a 0.68
goals against average and eight shutouts.

The Panther men, 11-2-1 overall, have won five straight and gone
8-0-1 in the last nine games, moving up to the #2 spot in the
Division III New England rankings and #15 in the Division III
National rankings. PSC, 6-0 in the Little East, has clinched at
least a share of its second straight conference title, and can win
it outright with a win this Saturday (Nov. 1) at Panther Field
against Eastern Connecticut (11:00 a.m.).

Blanchard helped patrol the Panther women's defensive unit,
limiting Southern Maine, Curry and UMass Boston to a combined nine
shots on goal as PSC won all three games by shutout. Blanchard, who
added an assist in the 3-0 win over Curry, has been instrumental in
leading a defense that has allowed only 10 goals in 15 games.

The PSC women, 13-2-0 overall, remain No. 9 in the Women's
Division III National rankings and No. 1 in the Division III New
England poll. The Panthers wrap up the regular season with two
games this week -- Wednesday at home against Green Mountain (3:00
p.m.) and Saturday at Eastern Connecticut (1:00 p.m.).